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   school

   /sko͞ol/

   noun

   • 1. an institution for educating children: "Ryder's children did not go to school at all" Similar educational institutioncenter of learningacademycollegealma materrare:phrontistery
   • ▪ the buildings used by an institution for educating children: "the cost of building a new school"
   • ▪ the students and staff of a school: "the principal was addressing the whole school"
   • ▪ a day's work at school: "school started at 7 a.m"
   • 2. any institution at which instruction is given in a particular discipline: "a dancing school"
   • ▪ a university: informal North American "Harvard is certainly not a loafer's school"
   • ▪ a department or faculty of a college concerned with a particular subject of study: "the School of Dental Medicine" Similar departmentfacultydivision
   • 3. a group of people, particularly writers, artists, or philosophers, sharing the same or similar ideas, methods, or style: "the Frankfurt school of critical theory" Similar groupsetcirclecliquefactionsectfollowersfollowingdisciplesapostlespupilsstudentsadmirersdevoteesvotariesproponentsadherentsimitatorscopiersemulatorsrare:epigones
   • ▪ a style, approach, or method of a specified character: "filmmakers are tired of the skin-deep school of cinema" Similar way of thinkingschool of thoughtpersuasioncreedcredodoctrinebelieffaithoutlookopinionpoint of viewdenominationapproachmethodstyleinformal:ism

   verb

   • 1. send to school; educate: "he was schooled in Boston" Similar educateteachinstruct
   • ▪ train or discipline (someone) in a particular skill or activity: "he schooled her in horsemanship" Similar trainteachtutorcoachinstructupskilldrilldisciplinedirectguidepreparegroommoldshapeformprimeverseindoctrinateinculcate

   Word Origin Old Englishscōl, scolu, via Latin from Greek skholē ‘leisure, philosophy, lecture place’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French escole.

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › schoolSchool Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of SCHOOL is an organization that provides instruction. How to use school in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of School.

3. www.dictionary.com › browse › schoolSCHOOL Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   School definition: an institution where instruction is given, especially to persons under college age. See examples of SCHOOL used in a sentence.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSCHOOL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   SCHOOL definition: 1. a place where children go to be educated: 2. the period of your life during which you go to…. Learn more.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySCHOOL | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   SCHOOL meaning: 1. a place where children go to be educated: 2. the period of your life during which you go to…. Learn more.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSCHOOL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   16 meanings: 1. a. an institution or building at which children and young people usually under 19 receive education b. (as.... Click for more definitions.

7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › schoolSchool - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   When you school someone, it means you’ve educated or put that person in his or her place. School has its roots in the Greek skhole. That word originally had the sense of “leisure,” which evolved into a “place for discussion,” so you can see how school came to have its modern meaning.

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › schoolSchool - definition of school by The Free Dictionary

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   n. 1. An institution for the instruction of children or people under college age. 2. An institution for instruction in a skill or business: a secretarial school; a karate school. 3. a. A college or university. b.

9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishschool noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

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   Definition of school noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

10. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishSCHOOL | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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    A1. a place where children go to be educated: Which school do you go to? I ride my bike to school. Fewer examples. She hummed to herself as she walked to school. The council will retain control of the school. The children will have to readjust to a new school. Children are allocated to schools according to the area in which they live.

11. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › schoolschool | meaning of school in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary...

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    From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: School, College, Education, Fish, Animals school1 /skuːl/ S1 W1 noun 1 where children learn [ countable, uncountable] a place where children are taught His mother always used to pick him up from school. 2 time at school [ uncountable] a) a day’s work at school School begins at 8...